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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1924

Page

18

Grain Elevator Merger Formed by Growers in Nation

A large merger involving five major grain elevator companies was filed for incorporation to form the American Grain Marketing Company. The new national cooperative would unite ten elevators and control export points at Norfolk, aiming to standardize operations and pool assets. The plan includes 1,000,000 shares of common stock and 500,000 preferred shares, with headquarters to be announced. The federation's leaders say cooperative procedures will guide management and that existing elevator firms will join under five-seat representation on the board.

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Auto Dealer Sells Cars on Pound Basis

An enterprising dealer advertises cars by the pound, listing weight and total price, comparing per pound cost with daily necessities. The method, shown in Wonston Salem, has proved unusually successful.

Wonston Salem SN

Cutter in Arctic Service Fifty Years Ends In Ice Trap

The coast guard cutter Bear, a fifty year veteran of Arctic service, is caught between two ice floes about 1000 miles north of Unalaska. The ship has dents along its sides and its two propellers are shattered. Capt. Cochran is ordered to bring the vessel to civilization if possible, though chiefs hope the old whaler can escape.

Arctic Coast Guard Bear Unalaska Cochran

Croker Will Admitted To Probate In Florida

Croker’s will is admitted to probate in Florida. The New York trust company acts as administrator with a temporary bond of 110 dollars. The court appoints three appraisers to value the personal estate and notes real estate tied up in litigation, including oceanfront property valued around 5.9 million dollars.

Sandyford Ateal Rainford sAmoristrat New York Frust Company Croker Paalzey Hon Smorras Court Todas

Countess Salm Loses $2,500 Diamond Ring

New Fath Juvite The Counters salmoon Hoogstraten farmers Millicent Rogers owns an Insa solitaire diamond ring valued at $2400 found while at Belfoat shinnecoch Golf club in Southampton Long Island. An advertisement offers a liberal reward. The Countess, recently married to Count Salim, had returned from Europe with her father. It is unclear if the ring matches the engagement piece.

Millicent Rogers Belfoat Shinnecoch Golflub Southampton Long Island Sount Salim Europe Rogers Cuuirs

Fleischmann Divorce Statement Denies Sensational Claims

Mrs Fleischmann will not wed Poloist Dudley Field Malone sues for Mr Fleischmann in Paris divorce case. Statement asserts incompatibility and scandalous allegations, denies third party involvement and delays of French divorce validity.

New York Fuda Pletschmann Paria Orrien Dudley Field Malone Feischmann

Leopold Loeb Trial Press Seats Assigned

Notifications announced for the Leopold Loeb murder trial seating. About 99 seats will be available for Chicago papers and news agencies near the jury box with deputies and firemen provided. others will be barred.

Chicago Nathan Leopold Richard Loeb Robert Franks Ro Caverly

May libel Italian liner raid reveals drugs and stolen art

Federal authorities reported a vast narcotics haul of about 1.46 million dollars aboard a liner linked to Italian interests. Investigations stretched to a stolen Michelangelo panel, alleged to have been smuggled into the United States for sale at high prices.

Army Captain Sues for 150000 Damages in Libel Case

Federal court in Philadelphia pits Captain Ralph against Curtis Publishing asserting 190000 in damages over a Ladies Home Journal May 1924 article. He claims the piece fabricated a false interview with Vanderbilts executives and misrepresented his role in the company. Separately a coast guard seizure reports 4000 gallons of alcohol aboard the Canadian schooner Tranes Louse 16 miles off Cape Cod, with officials weighing further action. A Pawtucket police incident notes bootleggers halted by a boat raid, recovering whisky after a beach siege.

Fox Angeles Duis Cape Ba Ralph North Conford States Army Washnecton Curtis Publishing Company Philadelphia Tadies Home Journal Jarnelias Vandermir Vanderbilt Ann Spiries Treacher Os Za Ce Toston Laly Coast Guard Osstore Harbin Cod Cystems Treasury Real Fritom Pawtucket Smithtown

Felton Elkins and Bride Both Three Times Wedded

Felton Elkins wealthy society figure and his bride, both thrice married, wed after obtaining a June 24 license in an EU Europe honeymoon. The bride, Boston-born and previously married to notable men, is the daughter of George W Currier of Boston. Elkins is a San Francisco playwright and grandson of the late California Senator Felton.

Felton Elkins Bride Lansing Kellogg Tevis Boston Europe Washington Post New York William Js Elkins Philadelphia Way Capitaliai Ithrica Municipal Majestic Elking Tevin San Francisco Elkina Burton Oliver Louisville Frances Adler Isaac O Adler Milwaukee Elkins George W Currier Senator Felton California

Veteran's Skeleton Med Confession Ties Poisoned Husband

Niobrara skeleton measurements sent from the dig site to the University of Minnesota to verify identity. Dr ROOF Seamunion and Dr JA Furns discuss Frazer Killed In Action claim and the man’s height. Vineta Yeoman admits to administering poison to Lewin Yeoman. investigators review motive and past marriages as Columbus scientists test stomach contents.

Minneapelie Winn Tuly Cam Parison Ninhiara ArthArr Tolcher Franerland University of United States Veterans Burean War Department Fragier Fort Lookout S Mnk Fraziers Ther Son Pravter Sammon Ameran France Arthur Frazier South Dakota Gilead Ohio County Prosecutors Office

New Radium Air Detector By Peet Worts Swann

A new electroscope type device perfected by Peet Worts Swann of the University of Chengnay aims to measure radium in the air. It is highly sensitive enough to detect ionization from a single helium atom and provides readings in under a second. The instrument could gauge the tiny quantities of radium present in air around the globe, estimated at grams over the earth’s surface.

Odo Ao Peet Worts Swann department of phys +S University of Chengnay

Four Put to Death In Electric Chair

Four men were executed in the electric chair at Trenton State prison after an escape attempt last week. The group included Anthons Bagdenowite and Anthans Brigha along with Frank Taylor and Edward Allen. Allen offered no statement before execution. The others were connected to the murder of Camden taxi driver William Bishop on April 1, 1923, with Bagdenowitz cited as having spent much of his life in prisons.

Trenton

Len Small Sued for Attorneys Fees in Governor Case

Springfield lawyer files suit for 1200 dollars against Gav Len Small claiming the amount is owed as attorney fees for his role representing the governor in preliminary hearings of the interurts. The plaintiff alleges money withheld from deposits of state funds as interest, while Small served as State treasurer.

Springfield Tulsis Themis Lawser Taday Gav Len

Hotel Men Opposed To Dry Law Change

Cleveland July 1 hotel proprietors of the United States are three to one opposed to repeal or modification of national prohibition says John S Ferlane Howie chairman of the educational committee of the American Hotel Association at the national convention He declares prohibition elevates hotel keepers to the level of legitimate business men and notes business is better than ever with new hotels costing 200000000 built nationwide

Cleveland Totel United States John “S Ferlane Howie American Hotel Association Prohibition Jay Howle

Man Found Slain After Bank Hold Up

Kansas City July 1. The body of Joseph Camerat a 25 proprietor of a cleaning and pressing shop was found in an abandoned automobile with a bullet through his head. Police tie him to the Citizens Security Bank hold up at Englewood. Two bandits were believed wounded and one of the arrested men bears a bullet wound on the wrist.

Kansas City Aman Joseph Camerat Ave Citizens Security Bank Englewood Cose

Mrs Thorne to Fight Guardianship of Son

Mrs Thorne contests guardianship of her son Joel Wolfe Thorne after the surrogate of Duchess county appointed guardian Samuel Thorne of Harrison New York and Victor Corse Thorne cousin of the late Joel Wolfe Thorne, wealthy banker killed in a May auto crash. Mary Casey Thorne, the boy's mother, opposed the Dutchess county appointment, arguing the mother is the natural guardian and had not been disinherited.

Samuel Thorne Harrison SY Dutihese Saints Joel Wolfe Thorne Joel Wolfe Thorne Victor Corse Thorne Central Inien Liust Company Mary Casey Thorne New York Guaran Dutchess County

Hope to Get 1 000 000 Bonds From Arnstein

New York on July dates negotiations opened between federal and state courts and Jules Wonnieks Arnstein denied and sentenced to federal penitentiary attorney announced the prisoners motion to dismiss the indictment was withdrawn today The indictment accuses Arnstein of criminally receiving stolen property He was convicted on tying stolen securities from New York to Washington It was said someone offered to recover the securities if the indictment were dismissed Withdrawal of the motion was read as a possible sign he would reveal information about the securities.

New York Wall Street Federal Stratecourts Jules WouNieks Arnstein Arnstein Sy

Refuses to Quash Iron Indictments

Federal indictments against 92 iron manufacturing firms and 4% independent concerns proceed as the United States Attorney refuses to quash. The case centers on Sherman antitrust provisions and alleged malleable iron industry restraint.

Cleveland Westerhaver Yoomurtien United States Tes Red Afp Bernstein

Embalmed Baby Evidence in Atlanta Court Trial

A five month old baby’s embalmed body was produced as evidence in Atlanta county court. Mrs Pearl Willard and Tom J Gillies, a former butler at the Willard house, are charged with suffocating the infant and concealing the body in a discarded mattress about seven months ago. The defense objected, but Supreme Court Justice Campbell allowed the evidence.

Atlanta Pearl Willard Tom J Gillies Willard House Supreme Court Campbell

Bank of Springfield in Tennessee Fails to Open Doors

The State Bank of Springfield, a state institution in Tennessee, did not open this morning. The State Superintendent of Banking will conduct an investigation into the matter. President H T Stratton is named in the report as overseeing the bank which reportedly carried excessive deposits.

Tennessee Springfield

Mrs Isabella Stewart Gardner Ailing At Boston Home

Mrs Isabella Stewart Gardner also known as Mrs Jack Gardner, noted Boston art collector, grew slightly more comfortable at her home today as physicians reported an appreciable change in her condition. She remained under care, with ongoing treatment.

Boston Isabella Stewart Gardner Jack Gardner Critially

Officer in gar says woman bundles body in error

A Halifax County report details Mrs Allen recounting a July encounter with three men in a bluish touring car. She described an armed officer, an Army cap, a red haired man with a facial scar, and a dazed Negro driver as they approached a detour near a wooded area along a highway.

Pafield Edward Allen Fiess 1 Samuel Ho Allen Norfall Florida Halifax County

Fragmentary Tale From a Confused Page

Readable fragments describe a tense scene with a group and an unnamed narrator. The garbled text mentions a man with a wound, an arm injury, and a pursuit, with scattered names and places that are mostly indecipherable. The passage appears to be a disordered historical newspaper fragment lacking clear context.

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